Review: Brimfield Antique Flea Market 2025

I’m not an antiques person; I don’t do vintage or thrifting, but the Brimfield Antique Flea Market is in itself an experience that even non-treasure hunters like me can appreciate. Go if you’re from MA. It’s a real eyeopener.

I was there on Wednesday afternoon, on the second day of the September event. I did not do much research prior to this first visit, but for the fact that it’s called a “market”, I expected tents on a large field like a town’s common. I certainly did not expect the scale of this event - tents that run approximately a mile down both sides of Route-20/Main St/Palmer Rd, and covering land adjacent to it.

This is the reality:

Image taken off a brochure by Brimfield Antique Flea Markets

It’s no wonder the event runs for 6 days.

Parking was easy, perhaps attributable to being there on a weekday afternoon, but not free. I saw lots in the midway point going for $10, and $15 for parking on lawn spaces of people’s yards closer to the East starting point of the event, where the First Congressional Church is.

The event is not organized by item type, i.e. there isn’t a specific “furnitures-only” section, or “clothes-only” section. It’s tents upon tents of whatever the tent owner is selling, which at times, is seemingly everything.

As a first-time visitor, it feels like organized chaos.

Had my interiors been decorated in the style of a mid-century modern, I would have gotten this fun cabinet and black console!

I consider myself a pretty organized person, so in my short 1.5 hours there, this tent below is least anxiety-inducing to me 😅.

Treasure-hunters would certainly disagree.

If I ever encounter a mid-life crisis, I will surely get myself a giant lobster and fashion it as an entry archway into my house.

Food was not exorbitant. Shocking, considering that it’s a fair and all. I had a can of Diet Coke for $3. I saw coffee going for $3.50-$6.50.

Food and drinks were peppered throughout and also clustered in an area like the below. No worries about getting hungry.

Brimfield Antique Flea Markets runs through this Sunday! This would be the last of its event for the year, the next being May 2026.

Go for the love of curiosity!